On the fifteenth day of the first month of each month, according to the rules of the ancestors, the emperor is going to stay in the queen's palace, at this time I know that the queen is sick, looking at the beautiful woman I saw on the soft couch, Tuoba Chen sighed and said: "You are so sick, why don't you let the hospital tell me?" ”

Lan Ruo said with a hint of resentment in his tone, and said with a light smile: "The concubine is not a serious illness, but she has contracted some wind and cold in the spring, if you let Your Majesty know, you will inevitably come to visit, not to mention that there are many things in this court, even in this harem, the new concubines and concubines have to bother to appease, so they are hidden." ”

But the second half of the sentence, in Tuoba Chen's ears, has a different taste, he looked at Lan Ruo, only to see Lan Ruo drooping his eyes, and he didn't look at him, his cherry lips were closed, which was reasonable.

Sitting on the edge of the soft collapse, he took Lan Ruo's hand, and called Ruo'er softly.

Lan Ruo's eyes turned red, sniffed, and said in a coquettish voice: "Your Majesty hasn't called a concubine like this for a long time, is it okay to call it again?" ”

Before the words fell, a crystal teardrop swept across Lan Ruo's slightly pale cheeks, like petals after a light rain in the early morning, weak and delicate, and endearing, at this moment, all crashed into Tuoba Chen's heart.

A trace of guilt flashed in his heart, and he coaxed softly: "You like to listen, I often call it in the future, but you have to take care of your body, you are my queen, the mother of the world, the phoenix body is sick, how to manage the six palaces?" This matter of not storing Xiu Palace caused a lot of uproar, and even someone in the court reported the transcript. ”

Lan Ruo sighed lightly and said: "These people just don't make people worry, I have already ordered it to go down and not make a noise, who knows that it still makes people panic and makes Your Majesty worried." ”

"It's not worth worrying, the harem is restless, it's not all the queen's responsibility, not to mention that you are sick now, I'll send someone to handle this matter." Tuoba Chen said indifferently.

"Oh? Your Majesty has the right person? Lan Ruo's brows furrowed, if this matter was really handed over to her, and the disposal was serious, it would inevitably give people the feeling that she was disrespectful to the first queen, if it was disposed of lightly, but it was connived.

"Not yet, I don't plan to discuss it with the queen." Tuoba Chen thought for a moment before shaking his head.

Lan Ruomei's eyes turned slightly, and suddenly thought of someone, and said to the emperor, "Seventh prince, how are you in Beijing now?" ”

The tone was slightly mocking: "The news sent by the Praetorian Guard, these days, he has either been playing horses and parading the streets, or looking for flowers and willows, so he can live at ease." ”

His fingers tightened on the thin jacket, and Lan Ruo said with some hesitation: "No matter what you do, it is more reassuring to always put it in the capital." ”

When Tuoba Chen heard her talk about the Seventh Prince Tuoba Yue, she seemed to react and asked, "What does the queen mean?" ”

Lan Ruo's lips were raised, outlining a shrewd smile, and his eyes were full of calculation: "It has been half a month since the Seventh Prince entered Beijing, Your Majesty Long Enhaoze, I feel sorry for him to go to Southern Xinjiang alone, but this former emperor is no longer there, and His Majesty will have his own prince in the future. ”

Tuoba Chen's eyes deepened, nodded, and said, "If he is summoned back to Beijing this time, he will definitely be rewarded, but it's just ......"

"It's just that Your Majesty hasn't thought about how to reward him, right?" Taking Tuoba Chen's words, Lan Ruo said lightly.

Tuoba Chen knew that Lan Ruo had always been smart, and it was not surprising that he could guess it, Qiao'er served the hot tea lightly, Tuoba Chen took it, the white jade flower and bird pattern Ruyi's teacup temperature was suitable, and the fragrance of tea was overflowing, it was the best Biluochun, the silver buds were revealed, one bud and one leaf.

Tuoba Chen took a sip, his mind soothed, and he took a deep breath and said, "You have always known what I have in mind. It is also the deepest heart. ”

Lan Ruo smiled with her eyebrows, and her originally pale face became a little ruddy.

"The concubine is foolish, Your Majesty should make him an idle prince, and if he doesn't let go of his real power, there will naturally be no chaos, if His Majesty is not at ease, he will find a crime and deal with it, but His Majesty will be spoiled now, and if he condones this Seven Princes, he will show it to the people of the world."

The incense in the hall was swirling, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, a holy decree was sent out from the Yang Palace.

Seven Princes' Mansion, Tuoba Yue was kneeling on the ground to receive the decree, only to hear the eunuch who passed the decree to read sharply: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said, Brother Yue filial piety and generosity, gentle and respectful, practice the gentleman's moderation, study the righteousness of the sage, love is only happy and kind, the ambition is not close to the name, but long lived in southern Xinjiang, I am very ashamed, now the Xian King, the Seven Princes' Mansion was renamed the Xianwang Mansion, give five East Pearls, 10,000 taels of gold, I am willing to assist me to defend my country, Ye Yu Zhanqin, Yonggu Rock, Qin this." ”

Tuoba Yue's expression was not surprised or happy, as if he had already been mentally prepared, his narrow eyes were clear and charming, and his voice said indifferently: "Thank you, Lord Longen." ”

It was Fuqing who was responsible for passing the decree, he put the bright yellow decree in Tuoba Yue's hands, and only said after a while: "Congratulations to King Xian, five days later it is the Dragon Boat Festival, on this good day, Your Majesty will set up a banquet in the palace to celebrate His Royal Highness King Xian." ”

"Brother Huang remembers me in his heart, I naturally have no reason to excuse myself, I am tired of my father-in-law returning to Your Majesty, at that time, I will definitely go." Fuqing looked at the man in front of him, and remembered a passage in his heart: "The son of Piqi is beautiful." "It's just a pity that I was born in the emperor's family and can't live a free life.

"Since this is the case, the old slave will return to the palace to resume his life." He turned around and ordered someone to count the gifts of the king, and then took everyone to say goodbye.

After Fuqing left, Xiao Nai looked at the bright yellow in Tuoba Yue's hand, with a strange expression, and noticed Xiao Nai's strangeness, Tuoba Yue cared: "Is there something wrong with Nai'er?" ”

"Brother Yue is going to stay in the capital in the future, and he can't go back to southern Xinjiang?" There was a little resentment and grievance in his tone.

casually threw the scroll on the table beside him, pulled Xiao Nai to sit down, and said in a lazy tone: "When I came back from Southern Xinjiang, I expected this, if Naier misses Southern Xinjiang, I will ask Yueqi to send you back to see your father." ”

Xiao Nai's expression panicked in an instant, and a pair of Rouyi climbed on Tuoba Yue's arms, like a drowning man hugging the driftwood for survival: "Nai'er don't leave Brother Yue, where Brother Yue is, I will be there, my father has loved me since I was a child, and he won't do anything to me." ”

The tone was a little anxious and uneasy, Tuoba Yue's eyes were pitying, and he said after a while: "Since this is the case, then it is up to you, if you want to go back and directly order Yue Qi." ”

The flustered heart finally settled, and Xiao Nai was in a hurry, and a little fine sweat soaked on his forehead. Tuoba Yue gently helped wipe it off, and the seventh month sent Fuqing away, and when he entered the house, he saw the two of them sitting opposite each other, his eyes were stunned, and after thinking for a while, he whispered: "Lord, He Qing set off to return to Jiangnan today." ”

He Qingyuan is in Jiangnan, the matter is almost handled, naturally he should go back, the more favored He Xi is, the more attention will be paid to the He Mansion in Jiangnan, and there must be no mistakes.

Nodding, as if remembering something, he stopped Yue Qidao: "What about the ugly slave?" ”

"He Qing brought him back to Jiangnan, and Liang Qi, there are not a few people who know him, it is still suitable to hide in the shadows, it's just an ugly girl......" Yue Qi hesitated, Liang Qi has martial arts, even if he stays in the Intelligence Pavilion, he has a place to use.

"Don't worry about the ugly thing, as long as the moon is over, you will re-enter the palace, bring it back to Jiangnan, and let He Qing take care of it." Tuoba Yue smiled at the corner of her lips.

Yue Qi seems to be puzzled, in Yue Qi's opinion, the appearance of an ugly child, if you want to enter the palace, it is even more difficult than ascending to the sky, I don't know why the prince is so sure.

Xiao Nai sat aside and asked suspiciously, "How can Brother Yue know?" ”

How would he know? Thinking of that person, Tuoba Yue unconsciously condensed a smile on his face, and he didn't notice anything wrong and said: "He Xi's character, the ugly slave is very important to her, although I sent her into the palace, but we are not a master-servant relationship, just cooperation, how can a person like her put such an important person in our hands." ”

There was no trace of dissatisfaction in his tone, and even with relief and appreciation, Xiao Nai actually felt that the smile on Tuoba Yue's face was very dazzling at this time, and his heart was constantly bubbling with sour water, and he pouted: "The identity of a traitor, he even dares to make a deal with Brother Yue, just this identity, as long as we report it, we can make her die without a body." ”

In the last few words, Xiao Nai almost gritted his teeth and said, Tuoba Yue seemed to be a little aware of Xiao Nai's dissatisfaction, and his tone was much colder: "Since I have sent her to the palace, I must have reached an agreement, if I act rashly, I will definitely fall short, and then not only me, but also the Xiao family in southern Xinjiang will become the second Mu Wangfu." ”

Xiao Nai's face turned pale, not because of what Tuoba Yue said in his words, but because she heard Tuoba Yue's warning, yes, warning, warning herself not to make a fuss about He Xi's identity, the fingers placed under the table were bent and tightened, tightened and bent, and finally pretended to be ignorant and smiled: "Brother Yue's words, Naier understands, Brother Yue has been in Southern Xinjiang for ten years, Taoguang is obscure, how can Nai Er not know the priorities?" ”

Tuoba Yue's eyes were cold, and he didn't continue the topic, but ordered Yue Qi to ask if there was any news from the palace.

Xiao Nai's face was as pale as the snow on a winter day, but he also knew that he had touched Tuoba Yue's taboo, so he didn't say anything anymore.

In the Hehuan Palace, He Xi was holding a book in both hands and reading leisurely, and Ruyi came in and whispered: "Your Majesty went to the queen's Weiyang Palace. ”

Without pausing, He Xi said casually: "Your Majesty on the fifteenth day of the first month, according to the rules of the ancestors, must go to the queen's palace, what is so novel." ”

Ruyi didn't want to say this, and then said: "It's just that I heard that not long after, a holy decree was passed out, and I went straight to the Seven Princes' Mansion." ”

This He Xi was interested, turned the page of the book, and there were a few words written in the book: "Boiling beans burns beans, beans cry in the kettle, they are born from the same root, why is it too anxious to fry each other." ”

Qing Qian smiled: "This is the right situation, but I don't know who will call for wind and rain in the end in a high position." ”

Ruyi has long been accustomed to the words that He Xi occasionally came out of, words that he couldn't understand, and he also knew that He Xi didn't like to say much, so he didn't ask much.

Directly said the latest news he had inquired about: "I heard that the seventh prince was made a virtuous king." ”

Virtuous King? I'm afraid it's the idle king, although he rewarded the prince's throne, but there was no fiefdom, only 10,000 taels of gold, and the clear decree said that he would assist him in governing the country, but the real power did not have the slightest, Tuoba Chen and Lan Ruo were really good plans, and they had their good reputation, and they showed the world to see, and they achieved the purpose in their hearts.

"Wouldn't you say that the queen is sick? Presumably, there will be a palace banquet in the Dragon Boat Festival Palace in a few days, and His Majesty will not go to the Ice Spring Palace for a few days, you are ready to take the seven treasure coral hairpins rewarded by His Majesty a few days ago, and we will go to the Ice Spring Palace for a walk. He Xi closed the scroll in his hand and said softly.

The two walked all the way to the Ice Spring Palace, but saw that Zhao Ruxue was in the Ice Spring Palace, He Xi was only stunned, and then returned to a clear demeanor, but Xu Qing'er was a little cramped, and the smile on her face was a little embarrassed: "Why did Sister He Xi come over today?" ”

"I thought that Your Majesty went to the queen's palace today, and I was afraid that you would be bored, so I came over to have a look." He Xi smiled unabated, and did it on the round table on the side, seeing Zhao Ruxue holding the embroidery pattern in his hand, he didn't pay attention to himself, and he was not embarrassed.

Xu Qing'er carefully observed He Xi's expression, and saw that her expression was as usual, without the slightest displeasure, and she relaxed slightly. But he still half-explained: "Zhao Meiren will embroider a purse for the queen's mother in the past few days, and if she can't choose a good embroidery sample, she will come and ask me." ”

Zhao Ruxue heard Xu Qing'er say this, and it was true, but she had never liked He Xi, and there was inevitably some gunpowder in her words: "What did Xu Zhaoyi and Tongxi do when she promised to say this?" What good things can you see when you come out of a small family? ”

Ruyi's face changed slightly, Xu Qing'er was a little embarrassed, this Zhao Ruxue can be regarded as a guest in her palace, and at this time, mocking He Xi like this is also her own face.

He Xi didn't care, automatically ignored Zhao Ruxue's words, raised his eyes and looked out the window, the weather is gradually getting warmer, and the windows of each palace and hall will be opened for a few hours during the day to be used for ventilation.

It happened that there was a dwarf shrub in the corner of the Ice Spring Palace, with lush branches and leaves, and it was gratifying, so he smiled and said: "It's almost May, and I see that this pomegranate tree under my sister's window is growing very well. ”

Zhao Ruxue was stunned, her face was happy, but she covered it up in an instant.